Snickers and Cheeseboard Celebration Cakes

Hello everyone! A belated happy 2023 to you all, I am back with my first post of the year. December is a busy month for birthdays in our family which means I get to make the birthday cakes, yay! The two birthday cakes I did make couldn’t be any more different to one another… First…

Trove, Stockport Road, Levenshulme

Hello everyone, apologies, it’s been a while! Although lockdowns are luckily a thing of the past, a new addition to my family earlier in the year has meant that dining out was put on the back burner… Anyway, there is no time like the festive period to catch up with friends and family and I’m…

Afternoon Tea, Honey Restaurant, Hotel Gotham

In my last post , I promised I would be back sooner than 18 months and here I am with another afternoon tea review! Considering the Covid pandemic lasted for 2 years, I’ve got a LOT of afternoon tea to tuck into and make up for! My friend and I went to Hotel Gotham which…

High Tea at Grand Pacific, 50 Spring Gardens, Manchester

Hi everyone! This is my first post in nearly 18 months as I have had a lot going on in my personal life as well as that small inconvenience called Covid-19 which led to most eateries being closed at some point in the last 2 years. I actually hit 10,000 views on here yesterday so…

The Green Roasting Tin Review

Many of us are making a conscious effort to reduce our meat consumption as it has such a devastating impact on the environment so I wanted to try out new vegan and vegetarian recipes that are flavoursome but quick and easy to make. Cue Rukmini Iyer's The Green Roasting Tin, 75 recipes, half vegan and…

Vegan Banana Bread

This week has been quite warm in Manchester leaving me with a plentiful supply of ripe bananas. Late last night, I fancied doing some baking and didn't want to waste the bananas so whipped up this vegan banana bread using whatever we had in the cupboards. This banana bread isn't too sweet and the pecans…

Grub Plant Powered Sundays, Red Bank Project, Green Quarter

On a sunny Sunday afternoon in September, we went to Grub’s Plant Powered Sunday at the Red Bank Project located in Manchester’s Green Quarter. Plant Powered Sundays is Europe’s first ever weekly vegan street food event. Neither of us is vegan but we eat a predominantly vegetarian diet. Due to the pandemic, Grub is currently…

Recent Snack Finds

Hello everyone, hope you are all keeping safe and well amongst this coronavirus pandemic (that's the first and last time I am going to mention the C word in this post as I'm here to provide a bit of light-hearted escapism)! I had a draft post saved for the meal we went to for our…

Falafel and Pastry House, 35 Wilmslow Road

Apologies that it has been 4 months since my last post, a lot has happened in my personal life as I got married during this time hence my absence on here. Anyway, I am back with a review of the Falafel and Pastry House located on Manchester's Curry Mile. My husband and I are both…

Afternoon tea at Cocoa Cabana, 168 Burton Road, Manchester

As it's a gloriously sunny Bank Holiday weekend and it's Manchester Pride, Manchester City Centre is super busy so my friend and I decided to go to Cocoa Cabana for afternoon tea. Neither of us had been to Cocoa Cabana previously so off we went for a chocolate themed afternoon tea on one of the…

Easy Vegan Pilau Rice

Hello and belated Eid Mubarak and Happy Pakistani Independence Day to all those celebrating. When celebrating Eid, we wanted to be inclusive of our vegan and vegetarian friends in what is usually a meat-centric menu so I made this vegan pilau rice with peas and sweetcorn but as you'll see below, the recipe can be easily…